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"It’s much better than it was in Vancouver. We started in Vancouver with a 17-0 Canada-Slovak game. We have 80,000 girls playing in Canada, and we have maybe 4,000-4,500 playing in Finland, maybe 2,000 in Sweden, and in Switzerland and Russia, if we have 2,000 girls playing that would be a lot. It’s much better, but we are not there and we can see the result."

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Michigan-born Davis (l) and White were celebrated in the state's newspapers

Meryl Davis and Charlie White yesterday became the first American couple to win the Gold Medal in ice dancing, and the achievement has made the front page of many newspapers across the country. Both skaters are from Michigan and train in Detroit, and their hometown papers predictably put them front and center. The Detroit News went with an image of the pair skating a congratulatory lap holding an American flag under the header, "Solid Gold," while the Detroit Free Press ran a similar image under the header, "Olympic Gold: Made In Michigan." The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Orange County Register both went with the headline, "Solid Gold Dancers," while the Washington Post had, "American Dance Their W ...